Reel Therapy: How Movies Inspire You to Overcome Life’s Problems

Gary Solomon’s Reel Therapy: How Movies can Help You Overcome Life’s Problems is a great follow up to his The Motion Picture Prescription. The new book is longer, and has a helpful introduction based on answering the common questions Solomon was asked as he promoted the first book.
Reading Reel Therapy reminds us that understanding life isn’t a destination.

Solomon’s The Motion Picture Prescription was the first in the field of books about how films could be useful in dealing with one’s life issues, was innovative and creative. It was groundbreaking. This book has more, updated films to watch, but that’s about it. If this is the reader’s first look at the genre, then it’s fine. If you’ve read the first one, this won’t add much except the updated list of movies to see.

Solomon’s Reel Therapy: How Movies can Help You Overcome Life’s Problems is a great follow up to his The Motion Picture Prescription. The new book is longer, and has a helpful introduction based on answering the common questions Dr. Solomon was asked as he promoted the first book.

About the Author: Gary Solomon’s books on Cinema Therapy are written as a therapeutic tool for therapists to use for treating patients, clients and groups. Additionally, patients and clients have found benefit for their own personal use. Gary he has lectured all over the world on the topic of Cinema Therapy and he has been on national television and worldwide radio. He currently teaches psychology at the College of Southern Nevada in Henderson, Nevada.